Editing Kentucky Colonel (section)

=== Kentucky Colonels in literature ===
In 1784, [[John Filson]] published his book ''[[The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke|The discovery, settlement and present state of Kentucke]]'' which contained an appendix entitled "The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers''"''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Filson |first1=John |title=Life and adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, the first white settler of the state of Kentucky |date=1916 |lccn=16014529 }}{{pn|date=May 2024}}</ref> Filson's book gained popularity and Boone became a symbol of American pioneering.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Faragher |first1=John Mack |title=They May Say What They Please: Daniel Boone and the Evidence |journal=The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society |date=1990 |volume=88 |issue=4 |pages=373–393 |jstor=23381897 }}</ref> There became increased interest in the trans-Appalachian West among both Europeans and Americans. Filson's ''The adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first settlers'' was reprinted in France, Germany, England and New York.<ref>{{cite journal |id={{Project MUSE|570739}} |last1=Tichenor |first1=Irene |title=Tracking the Mysteries: The Legacy of John Filson's 1784 Book and Map |journal=Ohio Valley History |date=2009 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=4–26 }}</ref> With the widespread fame of Filson's novel came a greater recognition of Kentucky and its colonelcy.<ref name="ref1" />

In 1890 [[Opie Read]] published  ''A Kentucky Colonel'' which spawned a new public perception of what a Kentucky colonel was, posing himself more as a refined, well-mannered southern gentleman, rather than a figure in the Kentucky militia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alsterlund |first=B. |year=1947 |title=The Kentucky Colonel: A Study in Semantics |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AYuvyuIFjA8qEXW7-264jReDdx8mYHFk/edit |journal=American Notes & Queries}}</ref> In 1905, this view was expanded by [[Zoe Anderson Norris]] publishing ''Twelve Kentucky Colonel Stories: Describing Scenes and Incidents in a Kentucky Colonel's Life in the Southland'' in ''[[New York Sun (historical)|The New York Sun]]''.<ref>Norris, Zoe A. ''Kentucky in American Letters 1784–1912'', September 1913. pp 136–137.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7tht2g8079_49#page/1/mode/1up |title=Kentucky Colonel Stories |year=1905 |publisher=J. S. Oliver Publishing Company |last=Norris |first=Zoe A.}}</ref>